I'll bite: If for any reason, probably because it's neither technically interesting nor entrepreneurial in nature.

US Politics seems to get more of a pass, probably due to Silicon Valley being there (and nearly all the major tech outlets), similarly some China news gets a pass, also largely when it relates to supply chain and Taiwan.

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MisterTea 7 hours ago | parent [-]

> US Politics seems to get more of a pass,

This goes beyond US politics. The US and Israel do not exist in a bubble. This conflict can and will have big repercussions which will impact our technical and entrepreneurial institutions.

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appreciatorBus 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

All events in the universe are connected to all others. If the rule is that anything that could affect anyone is fair game, then there simply are no rules, to subject guidelines, no filter whatsoever. It's hackernews.com without the "hacker"

	▲	actionfromafar 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		All events are connected, but the only superpower is a little more connected.

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dijit 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Nothing exists in total isolation, you have to draw lines anyway.